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chibi

Syllables: Chi·bi/ˈt͡ʃiːbi/

chibi noun: a child-like character with exaggerated features, particularly in anime.

chibi: a child-like character with exaggerated features, particularly in anime
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Noun

chibi (countable and uncountable, plural chibis)

  1. (countable) A child-like character with exaggerated features, particularly in anime.
  2. (uncountable) A style of cartooning in which the characters are drawn to be very small and cute.
    • Since the eyes take up so much room on the chibi face, the head needs to be stretched and, therefore, usually ends up being oval-shaped to accommodate the oval-shaped eyes.2013, Christopher Hart, Manga for the Beginner

Proper noun capitalized: Chibi

Chibi

  1. A county-level city of Xianning, Hubei, China.
    Synonyms:
    Puqi
  2. A subdistrict of Huangzhou district, Huanggang, Hubei, China.
  3. A town in Chibi, Xianning, Hubei, China.

Synonyms of chibi

Forms of chibi

Noun
pluralchibis
Proper noun
alternative formCh'ih-pi

Plural of chibi: chibis

Origin of chibi

Borrowed from Japanese ちび (chibi, “something small; runt, dwarf; pipsqueak”)

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 赤壁 (Chìbì).

Words that rhyme with chibi

Questions about chibi

What does chibi mean?
Chibi means a child-like character with exaggerated features, particularly in anime.
What part of speech is chibi?
Chibi can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce chibi?
Chibi is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃiːbi/.
What is the plural of chibi?
The plural of chibi is chibis.

Words near chibi in the dictionary

  1. chibby
  2. Chibcha
  3. Chibchan
  4. Chibchans
  5. Chibchas
  6. chibi
  7. chibify
  8. chibigouazou
  9. chibis
  10. chibol
  11. chibols

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chibi (page history and authors); Chibi (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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